Technical Reference #908

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
MatTek glass bottom tissue culture plates were from MatTek (Ashland; MA)

908.

Ecm-Induced Gap Junctional Communication Enhances Mammary Epithelial Cell Differentiation Marwan E. El-Sabban;; Agnel J. Sfeir; Myriam H. Daher; Nada Y. Kalaany; Rola A. Bassam and Rabih S. Talhouk, American University of Beirut, The Journal of Cell Science, 116(908), (2003)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
The relationship between gap junctional intercellularcommunication (GJIC) and mammary cell (CID-9)differentiation in vitro was explored. CID-9 cellsdifferentiate and express b-casein in an extracellularmatrix (ECM)- and hormone-dependent manner. I

Keywords:
Connexins; Differentiation; ECM; GJIC; Mammary

Materials & Methods:
For microinjection assay CID-9 cells were cultured on MatTek glass bottom tissue culture plates.

Microscopic Technique
Fluorescence Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
CID-9